Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 209
When Zhou Qing arrived in Tamna, he asked Luotong about the Korean people.Luo Tong told him that it was still the same as before.At the beginning of last month, the Koryo court sent an official to tell them that these Song people must move to the land of Koryo and obey the arrangement of the Koryo court to live in dispersal.Naturally, Luo Tong couldn't agree, and directly turned the official back.The official left after uttering harsh words, and no Koreans have ever visited since then.

Shi Feng said: "Probably the wind direction is wrong recently. When the wind direction changes, the Koreans may come."

The wind direction for cross-sea warfare is a big problem in this era. Even if Goryeo and Tamna are close, an unsuitable wind direction can turn a journey that should have taken only one day into four or five days, so there is no problem with this speculation.

Zhou Qing asked worriedly: "Can you defeat the Koreans?"

Shi Feng chuckled: "Mr. Li is right. Sometimes wars are not about the number of people fighting, or whether the armor is sharp. Luo Xiucai and I have been thinking about it for a long time, and we have already used goods such as cloth, iron and spices. We exchanged as much food as possible from the hands of the Tamna people into our hands, and now we have a lot of powerful weapons. If we can’t beat the Goryeo people, wouldn’t we have fallen into the prestige of my Han family? This has sent more than 400 soldiers. , what are you afraid of? Just rest assured!"

Luo Tong was also full of confidence, so Zhou Qing led the fleet to the coast of Japan.

Later historians often wondered about the cause of the war when studying the war between the Song people and Goryeo.Because the civil officials had the final say in Goryeo at that time, and the emperor and civil officials generally yearned for the prosperity of the Song Dynasty and hoped to restore relations with the Song Dynasty.Moreover, Goryeo has always set aside a place for the naturalized Balhae, Jurchen, Baekje, Goguryeo and Han people to live in, so it is obviously unreasonable to only attack the Han people on Tamna Island.

Most historical researchers believe that this war was purely accidental.The reason was that a local official in Koryo discovered that the trade with Tamna Island controlled by his family was being invaded by the Song people, and this official obviously believed that admiring the Song Dynasty did not mean treating the people from the Song Dynasty kindly, so he sent a group of people People wanted to get back the profits from the trade, but the powerful armed forces of the Song people not only prevented the official from succeeding, but also frightened the lords of Tamna and the Goryeo court.Because there had never been such a large number of Song people holding staffs with open flames in this direction before, the Goryeo court, who was afraid of accidents, instinctively decided to send troops to expel the Song people on Tamna Island.

Of course, some people also suggested that the Song people deliberately provoked the war, because it seemed that the Song people were fully prepared when the war started, even more fully prepared than the Korean people.However, this point of view has been widely questioned, because the other wars fought by the Song people in this wave of pioneering were all fought after being seriously provoked, only this time the war seemed inexplicable.

How could researchers of later generations think that Li Buqi must fight this war because later generations have a bad impression of South Koreans?It is precisely because of his poor impression of the South Koreans that Li Buqi never allowed the Koreans to have any possibility of controlling the Tsushima Strait.

Luo Tong and Shi Feng had been on guard against the attack of the Korean army. It was not until August [-]th that the violent southwest trade wind stopped blowing. Only the cavalry scouts ran back and reported that there were ten large ships and several small boats moored at Star Lord's. On the shore near the city, a large number of Korean troops are now landing in small boats.

Shi Feng asked Luo Tong: "Are we going to follow our previous plan?"

Luo Tong said: "Last time, the Koryo officials said that they would send a large army to destroy us. We also made it clear that as long as the Koreans send troops again, it will be a war. Now that the Koreans have sent a large army, we must not hesitate. We should strike first and strike later." Govern people. And we have few people..."

Shi Feng slapped his thigh: "Hey, Xiucai, don't throw your book bag at this time." When he stepped out of the room, he shouted: "Beat the drums! Blow the trumpet! Gather soldiers!" Then he shouted to the messenger: "Hurry up and send an order to the leader of the water army king, don't use it anymore, and immediately lead the water army to destroy the Korean fleet. Tell him not to let a ship go!"

The messenger rode on a pony and galloped to the port of Wengpu to deliver the order to Wang Wanshun, the leader of the navy.Wang Wanshun, who had been bored for a long time these days, made the queen laugh strangely: "Boys! I don't feel at ease even going fishing these days, but it's so sad! I finally waited for the Koreans. Now follow me to kill them." Korean people! Anyone who doesn't work hard is not raised by his parents!"

Most of the sailors under him were poor fishermen from Dengzhou, Mizhou, and Cangzhou in Shandong. They were fierce and aggressive. After listening to Wang Wanshun's agitation, they all applauded loudly. With two strokes of the oar, it left the shore and rushed eastward.

Wang Wanshun boarded the leading ship of [-] materials, hoisted a flag on the mast, and soon the ships behind were lined up in a column according to the usual practice.

Looking around, there are two [-]-meter boats, seven [-]-meter boats and eleven [-]-meter fast boats, all with sails and oars.Leaving the coast at this time, all the boats put away their oars and sailed under the crosswind.The tarpaulin at the bow of several large ships was lifted off, exposing the ballista below, and the gunners began to string the ballista with a winch.Others carried bundles of javelins and jars of kerosene to the ballista, and some wrapped rags and mountain vines around the ends of the javelins, and made them ready for battle.

Today the wind direction is still somewhat westward. Wang Wanshun hoped to be in the upper hand when launching an attack, so he ordered the helmsman to turn the rudder slightly, away from the coast.Looking back at the ships behind, they also turned to the left almost at the same time as the flag changed. This made Wang Wanshun very satisfied. It seemed that the usual training was not in vain.

The distance of more than 60 miles was quickly crossed.The weather was fine today, and the lookout post in the bright sunshine immediately spotted several large ships moored on the shore.The people on the boat behind waved the flag to ask whether to attack, Wang Wanshun ordered to reply and just follow the sail.

The people on the Goryeo ship also spotted the fast passing ship and immediately sounded the alarm.This time, Yan Xiushi, the general of Gaoli Zhonglang who brought [-] troops to the island, hurried back to the shore when he heard the sound of horns on the sea, and asked, "What's wrong?"

The subordinate hurriedly pointed to the sea and reported: "There is a ship in the distance, and the locals say it is a ship from the Song Dynasty!"

The son of Tamra who was beside him took a look and said, "It's the Song people's boat. The shape of their boat is completely different from my Goryeo's. Where are they going?"

Yan Xiushi smiled and said, "Maybe this is trying to grab the limelight. We are the elite naval forces of Korea. Do the people of Song think they can attack us with just a few fishing boats? They are overestimating their capabilities."

Then he ordered: "Command! The fleet meets the enemy!"

Immediately, a messenger waved the command flag, drummed the horn and heard the sound, and issued an order.The sea fleet got the signal and immediately began to raise anchor and sail, and the sergeants on board also lined up on the side of the ship with weapons in hand to prepare for battle.

At this time, Wang Wanshun also led the fleet to draw an arc on the sea, turned around and aimed at the Koryo fleet, and the first Tamra naval battle broke out.

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